Eyam Museum or as it is locally known Eyam Plague museum is a local museum in the village of Eyam, located in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England.[1][2]
Overview
editEyam Museum opened on 23 April 1994 as a small museum on a single level.[3]
The museum won the 1998/99 Shoestring Award at the National Heritage Museum of the Year Awards, recognising small museums achieving the best results with limited resources.[4][5] A model of a Derbyshire lead mine was added in 2002. The museum is staffed by volunteers. It is located in Hawkhill Road.[1]
The museum's galleries present the history of Eyam since prehistoric times, with a special emphasis on the Plague that struck Eyam, known as the Eyam Plague, in 1665.
The Plague (1665)
editThe museum largely dedicated to Eyam's famous history as a plague village during the bubonic plague of 1665.[6]
Gallery
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Eyam Museum.
Eyam in bloom: The museum sat nestled in amongst the daffodils of spring
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 "Eyam Museum". Culture 24, UK. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ↑ McKenna, David (5 November 2016). "The village of the damned". BBC News. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ↑ "The museum's history". Eyam Museum, UK. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ↑ "The moving saga of life in 'Plague Village'". Peak District Information. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ "About Us". National Heritage. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ "The moving saga of life in 'Plague Village'". Winner of the 1998/9 Museum of the Year Shoestring Award: Eyam Museum. Peak District Information. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
External links
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